[Testimony of Bird Doublehead re: Estate of Doublehead, 21 June, 1838]
"...applicant has now two sisters surviving namely Susannah thewife of George Chisholm and Alcy the wife of Giles McNulty. Applicantsother sister Peggy has departed this life leaving four childrensurviving [her hissy at laws] by her husband William Wilson, who isalso dead. The eldest named Jane Wilson, the 2d Elzrah Wilson, thethird George Wilson and the fourth Bird Wilson.
[signed (not just an X)] Bird Doublehead 21 June 1838

Tukahoo was thought to have been kidnapping the daughter of a settler,but it is reported that they were eloping. Tukahoo was shot, died ca1790-1800. Other reports say they left the area together and laterlived in Scott Co., TN. Neither story is known to be the truth bythis compiler.

Another report states that he was killed by a white settler, Mr.Blackburne, at the tribe's silver mine in an attempt to rob the tribeof their silver. The same source credits Cornblossom with killingBlackberne and saving the silver. The authenticity of this report hasnot been verified by this compiler.

Tuckahoe was the brother of Cornblossom and the son of ChickamauganChief Doublehead. After the Treaty of Sycamore Shoals, ChiefDoublehead and his wife, accompanied by Cornblossom and her brotherTuckahoe, moved to Hines' Cave, in what we know as Wayne Co., KYtoday. This treaty required all Cherokees to leave the country northof the Cumberland River. Jacob Troxel, or Big Jake, was assigned towork with the Indians of the Upper Cumberland River. He made friendswith a young Cherokee brave named Tuckahoe after he reached the oldFrench trading post at Vincennes which was the center of the westernIndian trade. After their journey of about 200 miles Big Jake andyoung Tuckahoe came to Tuckahoe's home where Big Jake met ChiefDoublehead and was received by the chief with great respect andceremony due a distinguished visitor.

Not long after the close of the Revolutionary War, John Mounce andfamily moved to a homestead located at the mouth of Rock Creek on theBig South Fork of the Cumberland River. Mounce had two beautifuldaughters. Tuckahoe, fell in love with one of them, Margaret Mounce.The young couple thought it would be romantic if she were taken byTuckahoe in an elopement. After several hours Margaret's' sister toldher father that Tuckahoe had stolen Margaret. John, very upset,accompanied by Jones a neighbor, pursued them for many miles. Hefinally overtook them near the present town of Monticello. Fearing herfathers' reaction Margaret threw her arms around Tuckahoe to protecthim from harm, thus preventing her father from shooting Tuckahoe. Soonafter this event, John Mounce gave his consent to the marriage of hisdaughter Margaret to the handsome Tuckahoe. Tuckahoe and MargaretMounce were married and lived at Cherry Fork, now Helenwood, TN.

The most prized possession of Chief Doublehead's tribe was a secretsilver mine located somewhere adjacent to the Cumberland River in thegeneral area of today's McCreary, Pulaski, and Wayne counties, KY. Thelocation of this silver mine was a tribe secret which had never beenrevealed to a white man. A white trader, Han Blackberne, learned ofthis mine and was determined to find it. He offered to sell youngTuckahoe a fine rifle decorated with silver, together with a fancypowder horn and a fringed bullet pouch for a small amount of silverfrom the mine. Tuckahoe eagerly agreed. As he went to the secret minefor the silver, he was followed by Blackberne and a hired laborer bythe name of Monday. As Tuckahoe was digging the silver to pay for hisnew rifle, the two white men appeared. While remonstrating withBlackberne for following him, he laid down a pick which he had beenusing. Monday, a simple-minded individual, grabbed the pick andstruck Tuckahoe on the head killing him instantly. Monday then threwTuckahoe's body down a deep crevice between two large rocks andcovered it with leaves, dead branches and loose rock. He andBlackberne then started digging for silver.

In the meantime Princess Cornblossom learned of the deal of Tuckahoewith Blackburne and, suspecting that the trader planned to follow himto the mine, also started for the mine as rapidly as her little legswould carry her in an attempt to stop her brother before he reachedthe mine site. On approaching the mine she saw the tracks ofBlackburne and Monday which confirmed her suspicions. Creeping forwardcautiously she arrived at the mine where she observed the traderBlackburne resting under a tree and his hired hand Monday digging thesilver. While her brother was not in sight, her worst fears wereconfirmed by the sight of his new rifle leaning against a tree andlarge pools of blood scattered about the mine where Tuckahoe had beenkilled.

Realizing what had happened, Princess Cornblossom dashed forward,grabbed the rifle, horn and pouch and sped down the trail so swiftlythat Blackburne and Monday were unable to catch her. Fortunately aviolent thunderstorm approached on the south and west on theheadwaters of Poncho Creek and along the Little South Fork, which madefurther tracking impossible. The Princess, having reached the top ofthe mountain, quickly built a shelter at the site of a fallen tree,picked wild grapes and chestnuts for her evening meal, and weatheredthe storm through the night in comfort, but with a heavy heart at thedeath of her brother Tuckahoe.

Resolved to avenge his death, as well as to guard the secret of thetribe's mine, she planned to kill both Blackburne and Monday beforethey could reveal the location of the mine to any other white man. Atthe break of dawn she knew that some of her tribe would be searchingfor her. Sounding the tribal distress call she was answeredimmediately by two braves less than two miles distant.
Knowing that Blackberne and Monday would probably head for theirtrading station near the Fonde settlement (near what is nowWilliamsburg, in Whitley Co., KY) and that Poncho Creek was a ragingtorrent as a result of the thunderstorm, it appeared Blackberne andMonday would be most likely to cross the creek at Turtleneck Ford.This ford (now called Cracker's Neck) is located about three mileswest of the present town of Stearns, KY.

Princess Comblossom concealed herself on the steep hillsideoverlooking the ford, posted the two braves in concealment near thecreek, and awaited the appearance of Blackberne and Monday. After along wait she saw a glint of a shiny buckle and a fancy coat andanother from the handle of a hunting knife and knew that the white menwere approaching. Carefully renewing the priming in the pan ofTukahoe's fine flintlock rifle, she rested the heavy barrel in thefork of a dogwood tree and waited. Arriving at Poncho Creek andfinding it in flood Blackberne dismounted to inspect the ford beforetrying to cross. Sighting down the long sleek barrel, glistening withbear oil, Princess Comblossom took careful aim and pressed thetrigger. As the shot sounded Blackburne fell to earth dead of a bulletthrough his heart. The two braves quickly tomahawked Monday,disemboweled both bodies, filled them with rocks and threw them in theraging Poncho Creek. At last the death of the brave Tuckahoe wasrevenged and the secret of the tribe's silver mine was again safe.

A History of the Daniel Boone National Forest by Robert F. Collins,1975

Compiler's note: The above sounds strangely like a tale, and shouldnot be taken as fact until it is verified.Tukahoo was thought to havebeen kidnapping the daughter of a settler, but it is reported thatthey were eloping. Tukahoo was shot, died ca 1790-1800. Other reportssay they left the area together and later lived in Scott Co., TN.Neither story is known to be the truth by this compiler.

Another report states that he was killed by a white settler, Mr.Blackburne, at the tribe's silver mine in an attempt to rob the tribeof their silver. The same source credits Cornblossom with killingBlackberne and saving the silver. The authenticity of this report hasnot been verified by this compiler.

Witt gives his birth as abt 1763 and supplied death date as used here.

I previously had Susan Proctor as Henry's wife, and as the mother ofone of his sets of children; however a Seabolt researcher has given meinformation that Henry's first wife was an Annie Cryingbear that diedon the Trail-of-Tears, that Susan Proctor was just a "live inbaby-sitter" that some of the children thought of as their mother.Henry then married Celia Timberlake and had his second set ofchildren. This researcher also pointed out that I had the two sets ofhalf-siblings under the wrong mothers, and that the sets were listedincorrectly by Starr.

In 1842, Henry Seabolt Sr. submitted a claim in which he stated thatCatherine, Thomas, Joseph, Susie, John and Henry Seabolt Jr. wereheirs of Annie Crying Bear (deceased). Henry Seabolt Sr. and CeliaTimberlake were both alive in 1842, as they both submitted claims inthat year. This strongly indicates that Annie Crying Bear was hisfirst wife and that Celia Timberlake was his second wife. On the 1835census for Ooltewah, TN there is Henry Seabolt (white) with 4 malesunder 18, 2 females under 16, and 0 females over 16. These numbersmatch up with the children I currently have listed for Henry and AnnieCryingbear and would indicate that Annie died just before that censusand that Henry hadn't remarried yet. In 1907, Anderson Seaboltsubmitted a claim in which he stated that Henry and Annie Seabolt werehis Grandparents. In 1906, Christopher Colombus Seabolt
submitted a claim in which he stated his grandmother was Annie Fox.

This last claim referencing "Annie Fox" brings up a really neatpossibility; according to a very respected researcher ChiefAttakullakulla married an Ollie and they had a daughter, Ollie [II],that married Blackfox aka Enoli, and they had a daughter Annie. Couldthe daughter of Blackfox, Annie Fox, be the same Annie Cryingbear, akaAnnie Fox, that married Henry Seabolt, Sr? The clan
associations would then make Annie Cryingbear a member of the Paintclan and her children would also be Paint clan. This clan associationis also a part of the claims of this particular Seabolt family andwould tend to support the connection to Chief Attakullakulla and hiswife Ollie. Blackfox is the witness to many of the documents for theSeabolt family.

A more likely senerio than the last paragraph, and the compilation Iam now using in my database, has Annie Cryingbear as the daughter ofOllie "Dougherty", and Blackfox along with Tarchee, as her uncles.This senerio still maintains the Clan association, and it explains whyBlackfox never refered to Annie Cryingbear as his daughter.